1. A fruit of the species Punica granatum, roughly spherical and leather-skinned, whose equator tells one story and whose crown tells a completely different one; esp. one photographed in a group, where the collective silhouette reads as a still life composed entirely of hips.
2.colloq. What a bowling ball would look like if it had opinions about its own shape. Sits on a plate like it earned the center spot.
In a sentence:
"The farmers market vendor in Pasadena arranged six thiccc pomegranates on a wooden board and stood back. The other fruit moved to the edges on its own."
Etymology:
From Middle English pomegarnete, from Old French pome grenate, from Medieval Latin pomum granatum, meaning 'seeded apple,' from granum, 'grain' or 'seed.' The Romans named it for what was on the inside. They had clearly never seen it from the side.
The rind is just the introduction. What is happening inside, with all those arils packed in there, is a whole separate conversation the rind is having with itself.
Yes. Pomegranate was admitted to the Thiccctionary on June 1, 2026 and filed in the Produce & Botanical section. The ruling on file: Admitted. Every subject in the catalogue is judged on its curves, not its size.
What makes a pomegranate thiccc?
What a bowling ball would look like if it had opinions about its own shape. Sits on a plate like it earned the center spot.
Is "thiccc" spelled with three c's?
Yes. The Thiccctionary house spelling uses three c's, distinguishing the editorial register from the colloquial "thicc" (two c's) and standard "thick" (one c).
